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homogeneous

Main Entry:: ho·mo·ge·neous
Pronunciation:: \-ˈjē-nē-əs, -nyəs\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Medieval Latin homogeneus, homogenus, from Greek homogenēs, from hom- + genos kind — more at kin
Date:: 1641

1 : of the same or a similar kind or nature 2 : of uniform structure or composition throughout <a culturally homogeneous neighborhood> 3 : having the property that if each variable is replaced by a constant times that variable the constant can be factored out : having each term of the same degree if all variables are considered <a homogeneous equation>

— ho·mo·ge·neous·ly adverb

— ho·mo·ge·neous·ness noun

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